“It feels really great to be recognized for my hard work. This makes me want to strive even harder. Receiving this award makes me think that, once I start my career, I also want to give back to help students succeed.”

Guadalupe Garcia, DMD

Dr. Guadalupe Garcia received her doctor of dental medicine degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 2002. She then worked as a clinical assistant professor at UPSDM from 2002 to 2003. She completed her advanced education training in prosthodontics and received a prosthodontics certificate from New York University College of Dentistry in 2006. She then pursued and completed a two-year fellowship in implant dentistry in the Department of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry at New York University in 2008. During that time she was a part-time clinical assistant professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at NYU and was an attending at New York Hospital of Queens in the Department of Prosthodontics and Implant Center, as well as pursuing private practice in prosthodontics.

She is a member of the American College of Prosthodontists and the Academy of Osseointegration. She is treasurer of the American College of Prosthodontists Maryland Section. She is a guest lecturer in both departments of prosthodontics at NYU and NYHQ.

Dr. Garcia joined the faculty at the University of Maryland in 2008. She maintains an intramural practice limited to prosthodontics and implants. She assistant professor and director of the Implant Prosthodontics Predoctoral program and is also involved in the implant surgical training in the postgraduate prosthodontics program. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontics and a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics. Her research interests include overdenture attachments and anatomical considerations in implant dentistry. She is a member of the Faculty Senate representing the School of Dentistry. Her research interests include overdenture attachments and anatomical considerations in implant dentistry.